diff --git a/src/modules/stream/types.js b/src/modules/stream/types.js
index 88ebc61e..cdfb4a05 100644
--- a/src/modules/stream/types.js
+++ b/src/modules/stream/types.js
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@ function pipe(from, to, done) {
     from.pipe(to);
 }
 
+function getCommand(args) {
+    if (process.env.PROCESSING_PRIORITY && process.platform !== "win32") {
+        return ['nice', ['-n', process.env.PROCESSING_PRIORITY, ffmpeg, ...args]]
+    }
+    return [ffmpeg, args]
+}
+
 export async function streamDefault(streamInfo, res) {
     const abortController = new AbortController();
     const shutdown = () => (closeRequest(abortController), closeResponse(res));
@@ -91,7 +98,7 @@ export async function streamLiveRender(streamInfo, res) {
         }
         args.push('-f', format, 'pipe:4');
 
-        process = spawn(ffmpeg, args, {
+        process = spawn(...getCommand(args), {
             windowsHide: true,
             stdio: [
                 'inherit', 'inherit', 'inherit',
@@ -143,7 +150,7 @@ export function streamAudioOnly(streamInfo, res) {
         }
         args.push('-f', streamInfo.audioFormat === "m4a" ? "ipod" : streamInfo.audioFormat, 'pipe:3');
 
-        process = spawn(ffmpeg, args, {
+        process = spawn(...getCommand(args), {
             windowsHide: true,
             stdio: [
                 'inherit', 'inherit', 'inherit',
@@ -191,7 +198,7 @@ export function streamVideoOnly(streamInfo, res) {
         }
         args.push('-f', format, 'pipe:3');
 
-        process = spawn(ffmpeg, args, {
+        process = spawn(...getCommand(args), {
             windowsHide: true,
             stdio: [
                 'inherit', 'inherit', 'inherit',
@@ -228,7 +235,7 @@ export function convertToGif(streamInfo, res) {
         args = args.concat(ffmpegArgs["gif"]);
         args.push('-f', "gif", 'pipe:3');
 
-        process = spawn(ffmpeg, args, {
+        process = spawn(...getCommand(args), {
             windowsHide: true,
             stdio: [
                 'inherit', 'inherit', 'inherit',